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President Bola Tinubu will jet to New Delhi, India, today to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit on the special invitation of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.   In a statement yesterday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngela said on the sidelines of the Summit, his principal will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference expected to be attended by […]

Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu Yesterday confirmed that troops of the 343 Artillery Regiment uncovered oil bunkerers in Imo and Delta states as part of their crackdown on saboteurs of the oil sector in Southern Nigeria.   Nwachukwu said the troops while conducting anti-oil theft operations on Monday 28 August 2023 cracked down on an oil thieves’ camp in the Obokofia Community in Imo State and they intercepted 15 sacks and 13 Jerry cans of […]

President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family of the late designer of the Nigerian flag, Taiwo Akinkunmi who passed on at the age of 87, describing him as a patriot who left a generational legacy.   In a statement by his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu said the late Akinkunmi dedicated his life to the service of the nation, sharing knowledge and experience with old and young, and inspiring many […]

The Government of Edo State has disbanded the media crew attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu The Governor of the State Godwin Obaseki in a statement through the Commissioner for Information Chris Osa Nehikhare also directed Shaibu to henceforth request for media coverage of his activities from the Ministry of Communication and Orientation. The order followed the unfortunate incident that happened during the colloquium held to mark […]

The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu has warned that intense flooding would be experienced in some states in the next seven days following the opening of Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.   Edu gave the prediction yesterday when she hosted the Minister of Water Resources, Minister of Environment, as well as other stakeholders on ways to lessen the impact of the flooding in Nigeria, assuring Nigerians that […]

President Bola Tinubu has charged his cabinet members to work hard and be committed to creating a robust economy that would serve every Nigerian.   Tinubu during his opening remarks at the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House told FEC members including ministers to work hard, saying that the expectations of Nigerians are very high and underperformance won’t be tolerated.   He also restated his government‘s policy agenda […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that an unauthorized oil connection was found on Saturday by a delegation sent by President Bola Tinubu to assess the oil theft situation in the Niger Delta. NNPCL revealed that the country loses an average of 7.2 million dollars monthly from the illegal connection discovered in Owaza, Abia State, adding that underground refineries and the environmental devastation witnessed by the team translated […]

President Bola Tinubu says the country must make difficult changes to be respected in the comity of nations, arguing that even though initial reforms may be painful, the nation must be willing to take the hard steps to set the country on the path of growth.   Tinubu who spoke in Abuja yesterday while declaring open the 2023 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA at the Velodrome, […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on Oil Heineken Lokpobiri has reiterated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company PHRC Limited would be back on stream by December as part of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. Lokpobiri said this in a statement yesterday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum […]